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Sud(1993)
Status: Released
Date: 1993-10-17
68%
58 Votes
Time: 1h 26m
Overview:
During a hot Sunday afternoon in a small Southern Italian town, a school serving as a polling place is occupied by a group of three locals and an Eritrean immigrant, all unemployed, desperate and armed.
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
Italy
ProductionCompanies: 
Penta Film
Movie: Sud
Top 10 Billed Cast
Silvio Orlando
Ciro
Francesca Neri
Lucia
Antonio Catania
Elia
Gigio Alberti
Gianni
Antonio Petrocelli
MP Colonel
Mario Santella
Tonino Taiuti
Claudio Bisio
Giacomo Fiori
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During a hot Sunday afternoon in a small Southern Italian town, a school serving as a polling place is occupied by a group of three locals and an Eritrean immigrant, all unemployed, desperate and armed.
Release Date
1993-10-17
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